Distance Learning

Toyota offers free, STEAM-focused virtual field trips for kids

Eileen Falkenberg-Hull
Apr 28, 2020, 10:13 am

Toyota and Discovery Education have teamed-up to offer students a series of interactive field trips.

Photo courtesy of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc.

It's not just digital entertainment. It's distance learning. Toyota and Discovery Education have teamed up to offer students interactive virtual field trips that explore the wide world of mobility.

The field trip opportunities are free to enjoy and explores the themes of the future of mobility and experience the innovations of artificial intelligence, automated driving, and the science behind vehicle safety.

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In addition to the Toyota-centric information, Discovery Education is offering schools and school systems free access to its Discovery Education Experience. Schools accepting this offer will have access to Discovery Education's dynamic K-12 learning platform and its ready-to-use digital lesson plans, activities, and standards-aligned resources through the remainder of the school year. In addition, Discovery Education is offering a suite of no cost resources for parents and caregivers called Daily DE that can be used at home.

In addition to this partnership, Toyota continues to invest in children and the communities they're growing up in. They frequently offer education scholarships via contests and have stepped up to deliver food and supplies to families in the Dallas, Texas area during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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